Sometimes when I read articles on road safety I come across one that really resonates with me. A story from 2008 written by Paul Hergott titled Drivers Need to Smarten Up When Out on the Road is one of them. Paul starts off by saying ‘We’ve got ourselves a serious attitude problem. We see driving as a right.”

Barry Gerding highlights a negative trend in driving statistics and references how Paul Hergott has been pointing it out all along…

“Paul Hergott, a West Kelowna lawyer who specializes in accident claim cases, said he is not surprised by the crash rate increase in Kelowna.

He points to minimal accountability for inattentive driving habits and the focus behind crash prevention initiatives as being misguided, two points that he has advocated about for many years as road safety columnist for the Kelowna Capital News.”

Lori Welbourne references Paul’s advocacy of the safe driving 10 and 2 Challenge which encourages drivers to maintain driving concentration by keeping both hands on the wheel.

“The word accident suggests something couldn’t be helped, virtually all crashes are preventable and are usually caused from someone driving inattentively, recklessly, impaired or falling asleep at the wheel.”

Lori Welbourne’s column about Paul’s involvement within the Okanagan community..

“If the name Paul Hergott sounds familiar, it might be because he’s helped you with a legal issue, captured your attention with his legal column in the newspaper or fed you a hot diggity dog at the Westside Daze parade.”

Paul talks to Vancouver’s local Sexpert about distracted driving and sexting, and sexual acts in a moving vehicle.

“15% of drivers will admit to participating in some sort of sexual activity behind the wheel…”

Date aired: April 23, 2017

Steele & Drex | News TalkPaul Hergott is interviewed for his perspective that we have a “driving disease” regarding the level of care that drivers deliver while on the road.

“Each of these incidents that are being referred to in the Lower Mainland as ‘accidents’ or ‘fender benders’ might be causing lifelong injuries because injuries really do occur with collisions that aren’t those fire and brimstone ones that have people taken away in helicopters.”